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HENRY N. SIMON, 90, of West Memphis, retired meat cutter from Kroger and former manager of Perry's Grocery, died Saturday at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ingram Boulevard Baptist Church in West Memphis, where he was a member, with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis has charge. He was a Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite. Mr. Simon, the husband of Louise Simon, also leaves three daughters, Betty Wilkerson and Mary Rivas, both of West Memphis, and Carolyn Watson of Hughes, Ark.; two sons, Henry Simon Jr. of Memphis and Arthur Simon of Marion; a sister, Sue Thompson of Walls, 18 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Ingram Boulevard Baptist Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
AQUILLA SORRELL, 44, of Memphis, food service worker for Memphis City Schools and employee of Porter Laundry, died Saturday at UT Bowld Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Leland. She leaves two daughters, Felecia Sorrell and Monica Sorrell; two sons, Barry Sorrell and Terry Sorrell; a sister, Brenda Sorrell, and three brothers, Franklin Sorrell, Shelby Sorrell and Charles Sorrell, all of Memphis, and five grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
McKINLEY THOMAS, 90, of Memphis, formerly of Cool Valley, Mo., retired owner of a plumbing service, died Saturday at Cordova Rehab & Nursing Center. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran and member of New Zion Baptist Church. Mr. Thomas, the husband of Geraldine Thomas, also leaves a sister, Ethel Harry of East Chicago, Ill., and a niece and nephew who cared for him, Mabel Shelton and Earl Shelton, both of Memphis.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
CONNIE LEE TURNER, 89, of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Wesley Highland Manor. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of White Chapel AME Church. Mrs. Turner, the widow of Jesse Turner, leaves two sons, Millard Turner of Milwaukee and Conard Turner of Hopkinsville, Ky.; a sister, Osie N. Davis of Columbus, Ga.; a nephew and two nieces who cared for her, Richard Milan, Bethel Smith and Carolyn Mitchell, all of Memphis, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
FRANKLIN R. WHALEY, 85, of Covington, retired from Mueller Brass and cattleman-farmer, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in R. H. Munford cemetery there. He was a member of Covington Church of Christ and a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin. Mr. Whaley, the widower of Evelyn Whaley, leaves a daughter, Pat Whaley Farabee; two sons, Andy Whaley and Harold F. Whaley, and a brother, Virgil Whaley, all of Covington, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
L. C. WRIGHT, 80, of Memphis, retired pathology technician from Methodist Healthcare, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. N. J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home has charge. He was a deacon of New Beginnings Christian Fellowship. Mr. Wright, the husband of Emma D. Wright, also leaves two daughters, Sunkista Wright of Memphis and Carrie Wright of Hayti, Mo.; four sons, L. C. Wright Jr. and Solomon Wright, both of Kansas City, Mo., and Lawrence Wright and Alex Wright, both of Memphis; a sister, Carrie Wright, and a brother, Solomon Wright, both of Kansas City, 22 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
LINDA SANDERS YOUNG, 58, of Olive Branch, formerly of Memphis and Coldwater, Miss., executive secretary, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at C. O. Pate Funeral Home in Senatobia, Miss., with burial in Magnolia cemetery in Coldwater. She leaves a son, Shawn Young of Memphis; her mother, Myra Riddle, and two sisters, Myra Geeslin and Diane Turner, all of Coldwater; a brother, Frank Riddle of Memphis, and a grandson.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
HARRIET FERN LEATHERS, 89, of Bells, Tenn., homemaker, died Saturday at Bells Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Bells Funeral Home with burial in Bellevue cemetery there. She was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church. Mrs. Leathers, the widow of Fred Thomas Leathers, also leaves local survivors including a sister, Madge Hudson of Memphis, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated November 4, 2002]
SYLVESTER MARSHBANKS APPLEWHITE, 1-day-old son of Lisa Marshbanks and Sylvester Lee Applewhite of Memphis, died Monday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in New Park. E. H. Ford Mortuary has charge. He also leaves two sisters, Michelle Morris and Mercedes Morris, and six brothers, Quince Bady, Cody Marshbanks, Edmond Applewhite, Jarvis Applewhite, Rashad Thompson and Rickey Summers, all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Rosie Harris, Carolyn Coleman and Tyron Marshbanks, and Amenthia Garmon of Oklahoma City.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
EMMA JEAN BENSON, 71, of Memphis, retired dental assistant, died Friday at her home. Harrison's Funeral Home Orange Mound Chapel has charge. She was a former choir member and Praise Team member at St. John Baptist Church. She leaves a sister, Susie Ingram of Cincinnati, and a grandchild.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
LARRY J. BISHOP, 80, of Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Memphis, engineer, died Monday at his home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in West Tennessee Veterans cemetery. Family Funeral Care Summer Avenue Chapel has charge. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Bishop, the widower of Brenda F. Bishop, leaves two sons, Robert A. Bishop of Seattle and Steven L. Bishop of Memphis; a sister, Frances Hecht of Atlanta, and a granddaughter. The family requests that memorials be sent to the charity of the donor's choice.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
OSCAR H. CARVER, 69, of Memphis, died Friday at Fox Acres Assisted Living. Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Cordova Church of Christ. Bartlett Funeral Home Stage Road Chapel has charge. He was a Korean War Air Force veteran and a member of Stage Road Church of Christ. Mr. Carver, the husband of Patsy Carver, also leaves two daughters, Kelly Morgan and Kathy Sparks, and three sons, Phillip Carver, Patrick Carver and Scott Carver, all of Memphis; a sister, Grace Cohn of California, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to Memphis School of Preaching Library Fund in care of Cordova Church of Christ.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
VIRGINIA ANN CHEAKWOOD, 72, of Memphis, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mortimer Funeral Home in New Albany, Miss., with burial in Glenfield cemetery there. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Cheakwood, the wife of John T. Cheakwood, also leaves a daughter, Gracie Smithey of Byhalia, Miss.; a son, John Michael Cheakwood of Memphis; a sister, Ruth Ranks of Shelby County; two brothers, Billy Hunsucker of Horn Lake and Ralph Hunsucker of Holly Springs, Miss., three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
MALVIN F. 'BUTCH' CRIM JR., 58, of Southaven, mechanic for Northwest Airlines, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home South with burial in Forest Hill cemetery South. He leaves a daughter, Melanie Crim of Southaven; three sisters, Sharon Mahaffey of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Denise Garner of Vicksburg, Miss., and Penny Postlewait of Thompsons Station, Tenn.; a brother, Alan Crim of Memphis; a caretaker, Nancy Crim Gaia of Southaven, and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
THOMAS MARION DAGGETT, 47, of Hendersonville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, died Friday in Hendersonville. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Middle Tennessee State Veterans cemetery in Nashville. Crawford Mortuary and Crematory has charge. Mr. Daggett, the husband of Judy Daggett, also leaves two daughters, Jennifer Daggett and Chelsea Daggett, and a son, Ryan Daggett, all of Clarksville, Tenn.; his parents, Nova and Rev. T. J. Daggett, and three sisters, Debbie Liner, Barbara Eby and Beverly Brigman, all of Tennessee.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
WILMA JUANITA ELLIS, 82, of Bartlett, retired Shelby County school bus driver and homemaker, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Roller Family Funeral Home with burial in Helen Crigger cemetery in Munford. She was a past worthy matron of Order of the Eastern Star Frayser Chapter 409, and a member of Raleigh Baptist Church, the Bartlett Senior Center and Lewis Senior Center. Mrs. Ellis, the widow of James W. Ellis, leaves three daughters, Jeannine Ellis Brumfield of Wimberley, Texas, and Anita Ellis Perry and Patricia Ellis Schneller, both of Bartlett; a son, Donald Lee Ellis of La Plata, Mo.; a sister, Sue Kilpatrick of Cordova, three grandchildren and six step-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Raleigh Baptist Church.
[Obit dated November 3, 2002]
